[CUTLER, Jervis]. Topographical Description of the State of Ohio, Indiana Territory and Louisiana. Comprehending the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and Their Principal Tributary Streams; the Face of the Country, Soils, Waters, Natural Productions, Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral; Towns, Villages, Settlements and Improvements; and a Concise Account of the Indian Tribes.....
CARVER, Jonathan. Travels through the Interior Parts of North America. In the Years 1766, 1767, AND 1768. London: Printed for the author, 1778. [20],xvi,543,[1]pp. plus two folding maps and four plates. Contemporary sprinkled calf, expertly rebacked, leather label. Endpapers stained, moderately tanned. Very good. HOWES C215. FIELD 251. STREETER SALE.....
CHARLEVOIX, Francois-Xavier. A Voyage to North-America: Undertaken by Command of the Present King Of France. Containing The Geographical Description And Natural History Of Canada And Louisiana.... Dublin: Printed for John Exshaw and James Potts, 1766. Two volumes. [10],48,228; [2],335,[20]pp., plus eight folding maps. Frontis. portrait in both volumes. Contemporary mottled.....
[COBBETT, William]. Porcupine's Gazette and United States Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia. March 29, 1797 - March 20, 1799. Folio newspapers, printed in four columns. A discontinuous run of 147 issues, beginning with Number 22 (March 29, 1797) and concluding with Number 635 (March 20, 1799). Each issue consists of [4]pp. Several.....
[CONSTITUTIONS]. Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de L'Amerique. Nouvelle edition. Paris. 1792. Two volumes bound in one. [4],324; 317pp. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine richly gilt with red gilt morocco label, marbled endpapers. Boards slightly bowed, minor wear to joints, gouge to lower front cover. Leaves expertly washed. Very good. The.....
DOUGLASS, William. Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in North-America.... Boston. 1749/1753. Two volumes. [2],[vi],568; [4],416pp. In contemporary but slightly mis-matched calf bindings. Vol. 1 hinges rubbed, spine ends worn. Both volumes with bookplates and contemporary ownership inscriptions; some.....
JACKSON, William. The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America; The Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation Between the Said States. to Which are Now Added, The Declaration of Rights.... London: Printed for J. Stockdale, 1783. [4],xxix,[3],367,401-472,[1]pp., (as issued) plus three pages of printer's advertisements. Frontispiece. Contemporary.....
[LEWIS, Meriwether, and CLARK, William]. The Travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke [sic], from St. Louis, by Way of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, to the Pacific Ocean; Performed in the Years 1804, 1805, & 1806...Containing Delineations of the Manners, Customs, Religion, &c. of the Indians.... London: Printed for Longman.....
[MATHER, Cotton]. Ratio Disciplinae Fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A Faithful Account of the Account of the Discipline Prosessed and Practised; in the Churches of New-England. With Interspersed and Instructive Reflections on the Discipline of the Primitive Churches. Boston: Printed for S. Gerrish in Cornhill, 1726. [2],iv,10,207,[3]pp., including contents leaf. Mid-20th-century polished calf.....
[NINI, Jean Baptiste]. B. Franklin. Americain[relief title]. [N.p., but likely Paris. 1777]. Circular terra cotta medallion with border, 4? inches in diameter. Minute soiling. A few minor chips. Very good in a custom folding box. Jean Baptiste Nini's famous Franklin terra cotta medallion, showing the Founding Father in relief with.....
(PHILADELPHIA). RAE, Julio H., pub. Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory & Panoramic Advertiser. [Philadelphia]: Julio H. Rae, [1851]. [17] text leaves plus cover leaf on glossy black paper printed in gold, and sixteen lithographed plates (two folding). Leaves individually encapsulated in mylar, some uniform toning to text leaves, but overall in.....
SCHULTZ, Christian. Travels on an Inland Voyage through the States of New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and through the Territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and New-Orleans; Performed in the Years 1807 and 1808; Including a Tour of Nearly Six Thousand Miles. New-York: Printed by Isaac Riley, 1810. 1st.....
BEATTY, Charles. The Journal of a Two Months Tour; With a View of Promoting Religion among the Frontier Inhabitants of Pensylvania [sic], And Of Introducing Christianity Among the Indians to the Westward of The Alegh-Geny Mountains.... London: Printed for William Davenhill . and George Pearch, 1768. 110pp. plus one leaf.....
(ILLINOIS COUNTRY). CLARKSON, Matthew. Autograph document signed, a bill of exchange for 100 Pennsylvania currency drawn on Baynton, Wharton & Morgan to Daniel Blouin, "to account of your Adventure to the Illinois". Countersigned by Jonathan Jennings on behalf of Baynton, Wharton & Morgan, endorsed on verso by Blouin and another.....
WILLIAMS, William Frith. An Historical and Statistical Account of the Bermudas, From Their Discovery to the Present Time. London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1848. xii,346pp. Folding colored frontispiece map. Contemporary three quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt spine label. Small tear in upper foredge of a few pages. Small closed tear.....
BOURNE, Hermon. Flores Poetici. The Florist's Manual: Designed As An Introduction to Vegetable Physiology and Systematic Botany, for Cultivators of Flowers, With More than Eighty Beautifully Coloured Engravings of Poetic Flowers. Boston & New York: Munroe and Francis & Charles S. Francis, 1833. 288pp. including seventy-three handcolored engravings. Contemporary three.....
BRAGHT, Tielman Janszoon van. Der Blutige Schau-Platz Oder Martyrer Speigel Der Tauffsgesinten Odor Wehrlosen-Christen, Die Um Des Zeugnuss Jesu Ihres Seligmachers Willen Geltten Haben, Und Seynd Getodtet Worden. Ephrata, PA: Drucks and Verlags der Bruderschafft, 1748-1749. Two volumes in one. 56,478,[4],[14], 949,[11]pp. Engraved frontis. Thick folio. Contemporary calf over wooden.....
[CAREY, MATHEW]. Carey's American Pocket Atlas: Containing the Following Maps, Viz. ... Phila.: Printed for Mathew Carey, by Lang and Ustick, 1796. 16,13-58,79-118pp. (as issued) and [1]p. of ads. Plus seventeen (of nineteen) folding maps, with the general map of United States and the map of Kentucky provided in facsimile.....
(RECONSTRUCTION). DAVIS, Jefferson. [Autograph Letter, Signed, from Jefferson Davis to a former Confederate Soldier Reaffirming his "Devotion to Mississippi" and "Abhorrence of the Vampyres who have Sucked her Life Blood" During Reconstruction]. Memphis. December 9, 1875. [3]pp., autograph letter, signed, on a folded quarto sheet. Plus original postmarked envelope and.....
[GALLOWAY, Joseph]. The Speech of Joseph Galloway, Esq; One of the Members for Philadelphia County; In Answer to the Speech of John Dickinson, Esq; Delivered in the House of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, May 24, 1764. On Occasion of a petition drawn up by order, and then under.....
[HAMILTON, Alexander, et al]. The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, By Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Jay with an Appendix, containing the Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius, on the Proclamations of Neutrality of 1793; Also, the Original Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of.....
JAUME ST. HILAIRE, Jean-Henri. Plantes de la France, Decrites et Peintes d'apres Nature. Paris: Chez l'Auteur, [1805] 1808-1809. 1st eds. 4 Vols. 400 hand-colored plates. Rebound in period-style 3/4 red morocco and marbled-paper covered boards, raised spine bands, spines decorated in gilt. Occasional inobtrusive library blindstamps, some faint scattered foxing.....
JOHNSON, Samuel. Political Tracts. Containing, the False Alarm. Falkland's Islands. The Patriot; and, Taxation No Tyranny. Contemporary period-stylefull calf, flat spine fully gilt-tooled in overall repeated design, red gilt-lettered spine label, gilt-chamfered edges. London: For W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1776. First collected edition of Johnson's four chief political tracts.....
[Martyn, Benjamin] and [Kramer, Johann M.., translator]. Neueste und Richtigste Nachricht Von Der Landschaft Georgia in Dem Engellandischen America. Gottingen: Johann Peter Schmid, 1746. 88pp. including woodcut decorations. Titlepage printed in red and black. 12mo. Later stenciled paper-covered boards. Light shelf wear, tape residue on lower portion of spine and.....
RISHEL, Jonas. The Indian Physician, containing a New System of Practice founded on Medicinal Plants. 1st ed. New Berlin, Penn: Printed for the Author and Proprietor, by Joseph Miller, 1828. 12mo. xii, 132pp. Contemporary half calf and patterned paper covered boards, worn. Browning. Shaw and Shoemaker 35045. One of the.....